Program
In this comprehensive, hands-on workshop , participants make several complete strain gauge installations, including electrical connections, check-out, and environmental protection; and use appropriate readout instrumentation to verify results of their own installations.
During this training the participants will learn how to bring a strain gauge installation to a good conlusion with the confidence that what has been installed will produce quality data.
Focus is on mastering the right techniques, starting from a blank material, participants learn to select the right surface preparation, strain gauge, adhesives, soldering, cables and coatings.
In between the hands-on training, all topics that are crucial for understanding strain measurements will be reached out to the participants in depth. Going from temperature compensation over strain gauges circuitry to bridge excitation optimisation and installation calibration.
The techniques used during our workshop are these employed by VPG Micro-Measurements and supported by the “British Society for Strain Measurements Code of Practice”. Products and instruments used during the practical sessions are from VPG Micro-Measurements.